ANSWER: A stress test and a CT calcium score are both ways of evaluating a person for blockages in the arteries of the heart. The likelihood of having blockages for a man with diabetes at age 81 is ...

Should we all be concerned about our cortisol levels? I took a blood stress test and spoke with experts to find out.

[2,23] During a cardiac MRI stress test, left ventricular contractility, myocardial perfusion, coronary arterial blood flow, and myocardial metabolism are assessed. [2,3,23,24,25] To invoke ...

A coroner is investigating the death of a grandmother following a heart stress test at a Brisbane hospital which her family ...

When ordering a stress test, the clinician has to decide how to stress the heart and how to get information from the heart. In people who can exercise (meaning they don’t have an orthopedic or ...

The study included 669 adult patients undergoing cardiac stress tests using positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) imaging. The participants had no prior history of heart ...

It can be exacerbated by overexertion, stress, or underlying heart disease. Severe symptoms may indicate heart failure, requiring immediate medical consultation and lifestyle changes. One of the ...

Jack Burgess writes about a recent medical experience which reminds his to be thankful for what he has and to those who helped.

A coroner is investigating the death of a grandmother following a heart stress test at a Brisbane hospital which her family believe should never have been given. Yaqin Han, 69, went into cardiac ...